Spain’s Queen Letizia greets a child injured after a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas

The Queen shook hands with many children, including shaking the hand of a young boy confined to his hospital bed with an injured arm and leg.

The soft-hearted Queen also stroked the cheek of a little girl with an injured arm – one of more than 130 others injured in the devastating terror attacks that unfolded in Barcelona and Cambrils on Thursday.

Smiling with the children, Letizia, who is a mother herself, ensured to keep smiling for the children who witnessed the streets descend into chaos when a van ploughed through crowds on Las Ramblas.

Three days of mourning have now been announced by the government of Catalonia.

King Felipe and the Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy attended a minute’s silence to pay tribute to the lives lost in the terror attacks, which have since been claimed by Isis.

Their visit comes as the names of those killed in the terror attacks began to emerge, with victims from 34 countries including Spain, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Morocco, Canada, China, Colombia, Romania, Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Greece, Holland and Peru.

A spectacular array of candles is laid in tribute to the victims of the Barcelona terror attack

Tales of compassion have emerged in the wake of the attack, with a Brit dad risking his own life to comfort a young victim of Barcelona terror attack following the atrocity.

Without considering his own safety, Harry Athwal ran from the first floor restaurant where he was dining to the pavement and cradled a young boy who had been struck by the van.

Speaking of the scene before him, he said: “I looked to my left and right and there were bodies strewn, and to the right there was this child in the middle of the road. I ran straight to him.

“To me, he looked like my own son. He was my son’s age, seven or eight. I just ran my hands through his hair, it was about comforting him.”

The Foreign Office updated their advice on travelling to Spain yesterday to include details about the British Embassy and Consulate General’s response to the attacks and have included a helpline number for Brits over there.

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